Original Dataset

Coded Dataset

Q1. Below is a list of various centrally managed sources of energy. How risky are each of these energy technologies according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all risky, slightly risky, moderately risky, very risky, or extremely risky

Q2. Following is a list of various individually or community-owned and managed sources of energy. How risky are each of these energy technologies according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all risky, slightly risky, moderately risky, very risky, or extremely risky.

Q3. Following is a list of centrally managed sources of energy. How beneficial are each of these according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all beneficial, slightly beneficial, moderately beneficial, very beneficial, or extremely beneficial?

Q4. Following is a list of various individually or community owned and managed sources of energy. How beneficial are each of these according to you? Please tell me whether you see each technology as: not at all beneficial, slightly beneficial, moderately beneficial, very beneficial or extremely beneficial ?

Kahan et al (2007) scale

Cronbach’s alpha test on the Kahan et al (2007) scale

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## Standardized Cronbach's alpha for the 'Kahanscale' data-set
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## Items: 12
## Sample units: 1099
## alpha: 0.367
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## Bootstrap 95% CI based on 1000 samples
##  2.5% 97.5% 
## 0.296 0.435

Principal Component Analysis on Kahan et al (2007) scale

The economic -political values of the perceiver scale

Cronbach’s alpha test on the economic -political values of the perceiver

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## Standardized Cronbach's alpha for the 'ecopolscalescores' data-set
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## Items: 30
## Sample units: 446
## alpha: 0.686
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## Bootstrap 95% CI based on 1000 samples
##  2.5% 97.5% 
## 0.644 0.722

PCA on the economic -political values of the perceiver

Variables in the PCs

eco - pol characteristics of the technology scale- Solar Energy and Nuclear Energy

Cronbach’s alpha test on eco-pol characteristics of the technology - Solar Energy

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## Standardized Cronbach's alpha for the 'Solar' data-set
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## Items: 10
## Sample units: 1099
## alpha: 0.714
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## Bootstrap 95% CI based on 1000 samples
##  2.5% 97.5% 
## 0.659 0.754

PCA on eco-pol characteristics of the technology - Solar Energy

PCA on eco-pol characteristics of the technology - Nuclear Energy

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## Standardized Cronbach's alpha for the 'Nuclear' data-set
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## Items: 10
## Sample units: 1099
## alpha: 0.688
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## Bootstrap 95% CI based on 1000 samples
##  2.5% 97.5% 
## 0.629 0.733